Depositing Data to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Data Repository: Deposit Criteria

Who can deposit?

Any researcher affiliated with University of Nebraska-Lincoln can deposit data in University of Nebraska-LincolnDR. This includes faculty, staff, post doc, and students (undergraduate and graduate). Students participating in short-term projects are also eligible to deposit datasets in University of Nebraska-LincolnDR.

What can be deposited?

University of Nebraska-LincolnDR is intended for inactive datasets--that is, datasets that are unlikely to change. The repository is not meant for storage, but as a system for long-term preservation and sharing. Here are some general criteria for deposits:

Data should contain no personally identifiable information. This includes obvious identifiers (SSN, names, addresses), as well as any information that could be used to re-identify individuals, either with other data within the dataset or by combining the dataset with other publicly available information.

If depositing data publicly, you must have the right to make these data available to the public via the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Data Repository. This means you are the sole rights holder or have permission from all rights-holders to deposit the data in and make it available through University of Nebraska-LincolnDR.